NO to a 51st State… YES to a transitional government
Yolanda Medina Carrasco / Venezuela RED Informativa.us
The fact is that there has been no «normality» in Venezuela for decades; with or without earthquakes, with or without aftershocks, the country has not functioned for years. The travesty of a government the country has endured throughout this time has demonstrated complete and utter ineptitude and criminality in its most basic operations.
My native land has not merely been impoverished regarding the resources and wealth looted by a small group of criminals; in Venezuela, a third of the nation has fled the poverty and domestic misery that the regime has turned into a collective phenomenon.
There are no limits to the degradation of the Bolivarian armed forces and police. Military personnel and officers—supposedly dedicated to defending and preserving the lives and property of Venezuelans—shamelessly expose themselves to rescue workers and organized citizens as looters, grave robbers, and uniformed vultures, stripping away whatever remains of the hundreds of thousands of dead buried beneath collapsed structures.
That is not a government; that is a flock of birds of prey headquartered at Miraflores Palace! Hundreds of buildings from the Gran Misión Vivienda Venezuela (Great Venezuela Housing Mission) reveal—through their earthquake-crushed skeletons—the use of construction materials completely unsuitable for seismic zones and unstable terrain.
There are no limits to the degradation of the Bolivarian armed forces and police. Military personnel and officers—supposedly dedicated to defending and preserving the lives and property of Venezuelans—shamelessly expose themselves to rescue workers and organized citizens as looters, grave robbers, and uniformed vultures, stripping away whatever remains of the hundreds of thousands of dead buried beneath collapsed structures.
That is not a government; that is a flock of birds of prey headquartered at Miraflores Palace!
Hundreds of buildings from the Gran Misión Vivienda Venezuela (Great Venezuela Housing Mission) reveal—through their earthquake-crushed skeletons—the use of construction materials completely unsuitable for seismic zones and unstable terrain.
Just one example: The temporary bridge installed to connect Las Mercedes with the Autopista del Este has just been “cannibalized” for use in La Guaira… That is the state of the country: cannibalized!
Meanwhile, as recently as last week, Venezuela ranked first in the number of new imported SUVs. Regime cronies and the government itself lacked well-equipped rescue teams, machinery for clearing rubble, and even basic supplies in health centers to treat the thousands of people injured in the earthquakes—yet they certainly have money, whether stolen or sourced from who
knows where.
The issue there is not debating whether the country could become a U.S. state. Regarding Venezuela, the Trump administration must allow for the immediate creation of a governing board to replace the regime left behind following Maduro’s capture.
The country cannot hold on for even one more day. Venezuela can no longer go on like this! We declare: No to the 51st State… Yes to a transitional government.
